Ajdad Bayaati

Ajdad Bayaati (died 23 October 2016) was an Islamic State member who was one of the perpetrators of the 2016 Nizhny Novgorod attack in Russia.

Biography
Ajdad Bayaati was an Islamic State sympathizer, and he was motivated to attack the West by Abu Mohammad al-Adnani's jihadist propaganda speeches. Bayaati and an accomplice drove towards a Russian Army military base in Nizhny Novgorod on 23 October 2016, but they made the mistake of shooting at a policeman, who proceeded to kill both of the attackers. On 27 October, a video surfaced showing Bayaati pledging allegiance to ISIS.